Valentine's Day Counting Clip Cards

A favorite math activity with my group
of pre-k kids are clip cards. They are so simple to prepare and fun
for the kids! These fun Valentine’s Day cupid themed counting clip cards are perfect to practice counting and number
recognition skills. They help strengthen fine motor skills at the
same time. Use pegs or large paper clips instead.

Print as many cards as you will need
for your group of students. Preferable print on cardstock then
laminate and cut them up. You can totally differentiate the cards
according to the students’ abilities. Use number cards to five with
your students who are new to counting and use all numbers to ten with your other group of
students. You can also make these cards self-correcting by
adding dot stickers at the back of the card to help students check
their answers.

Valentine’s Day Counting Clip
Cards

There are four cards per page to make
it easier on printing and setting up. Now that the cards have been
laminated and prepared, we can get counting! The cards have the
equation at the top and then three number choices at the bottom.
Start by getting the kids to work on one card at a time. I like
placing the same number of pegs or clips to the number of cards
available on the table so not to confuse the kids while they get
counting.

For kids who are working on one-to-one
correspondence, it’d be a good idea to make sure that point to each
picture on the card and identify it as one item as they work out
their answer. For this group of students, they would definitely need
some guidance. I would use the self-correcting set with my other
group of students while helping the group of learners who are new to
the concept.

With these cards,
I like using counters or unifix cubes to get the kids to have a go at
matching the number of items on the card to show me how they got
their answers.

This post was contributed by:Yara from Sea of Knowledge
Founder of Sea of Knowledge, an ESL teacher with a passion for making learning fun and engaging. She loves creating fun activities that children and learners can benefit from. You can also find me on: Facebook and Pinterest.

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